What Happened When 5,000 Spartans Came to Avenge the 300?

Xerxes marched into Greece with one of the largest invasion forces the ancient world had ever seen. Waiting for him were Leonidas and 300 Spartans—but Thermopylae was only the beginning.
This documentary follows the full Persian invasion of Greece: the stand at Thermopylae, the burning of Athens, the naval trap at Salamis, the decisive battle of Plataea, and the final Persian defeat at Mycale. How did a divided group of Greek city-states survive the most powerful empire on Earth?

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00:00 The Empire That Ruled the World
00:59 Xerxes Builds an Impossible Army
03:37 Greece Refuses to Surrender
04:28 Why Leonidas Chose Death
07:08 The Trap at Thermopylae
13:25 The Betrayal That Changed Everything
15:12 The Last Stand of the 300
18:01 Athens Is Abandoned
19:47 The Battle of Salamis
25:22 Xerxes Retreats
26:15 Mardonius Returns for One Final War
28:04 The Battle of Plataea
31:33 Sparta Unleashed
36:09 The Final Strike at Mycale
39:42 The Persian Invasion Ends